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Thank you for this information, I had never heard of ALEC. It’s very important information, but I’m not shocked, and have to wonder if it’s any more pernicious than outfits like the American Enterprise Institute or The U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Both of the later organizations are chocked full of former (And I suspect present.) U.S. policy makers with direct channels to elected and appointed officials.

It is more pernicious in that they draft legislation directly, and stay mostly hidden from view. They also have their tentacles in state government and in drafting misleading referenda across the country.

Well, yes, but in one way only. Dick Cheney is gone. All administrations are temporary. But this organization works across all administrations, every sitting congress, and almost every single state. Even the American Enterprise Institute is small fry in comparison. (Though they are hardly independent of one another.)